Introduction:  Section 107.6 of the building code establishes construction control requirements for registered design professionals, contractors and the project representative to the building official. These requirements apply to the construction of buildings and structures greater than or equal to 35,000 cubic feet in volume and specialized structures such as telecommunication towers, wind turbine towers and similar structures.  Registered design professional services are typically required for these types of structures per MA general laws.  See MGL c 112.

The follow structures are exempt from the requirements of this section:

  1. Any building containing less than 35,000 cubic feet of enclosed space, measured to the exterior surfaces of walls and roofs and to the top of a ground supported floor, or in the case of a crawl space, to the bottom surface of the crawl space. In the case of basement floors or levels, the calculation of enclosed space shall include such spaces. For additions to existing buildings, the volume of enclosed space shall include the entire existing building and all proposed additions.
  2. Any one- or two-family dwelling or any accessory building thereto.
  3. Any building used exclusively for agricultural purposes. See Appendix C for occupancy and other limitations.
  4. Retaining walls less than ten feet in height at all points along the wall as measured from the base of the footing to the top of the wall.

 

Construction Control Training  

 

Construction Control - Standard Forms

To encourage uniform state wide enforcement of the construction control requirements, the BBRS has approved the documents below for use on a trial basis for a six-month period.  During this time, we ask building officials and design professionals to use the documents and provide comments on their adequacy.  Comments should be directed to mike.guigli@state.ma.us.  The BBRS will consider these comments before reissuing the documents after the trial period.  There are four documents which can be completed electronically (with MS Word 2007) and four that can be printed out and completed manually.

Note: It has come to the Board's attention that changes have already been requested to these documents by design professionals, for example.  For the six month trial period, reasonable changes to the DPS documents (below) to accommodate legitimate concerns (insurance or legal obligations, etc.) should be accepted by building officials as long as the essence of construction control and format of the DPS documents is retained.  An example of an acceptable format with revisions made by the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Institute of Architects may be downloaded from:

http://www.architects.org/committees/news/construction-control-document-initial-phased-and-final-aia-massachusetts-suggested-m

 

These documents may be used during the trial period.

Electronic set:

 Print set:

 

Construction Control Formal Code Interpretations by BBRS